Quail Feeders

[Sycamore27]

I hunted for them but couldn't find them. That's why I ended up making the PVC ports. I did see a few for specific wild bird feeders that had perches attached and were prohibitively expensive, I couldn't tell if they would work with anything but the feeder they were made for either.
Once I'm a position to have more quail I'll probably invest a bit more time in trying to find some to make more feeders.

 

[creekrocket]

I've Got A Friend That Casts Aluminum Duck Decoy Molds....I Might Have To See If He Can Cast A Few. I'll Pass It Along If I Get Him To Do It.

 

[veggiecanner]

it seems like it would be easy to make a smaller version of the feeder in this videio. with more ports.

Use a 4 gallon plastic bucket and 1 inch pvc plumbing parts.

 

[Sycamore27]

it seems like it would be easy to make a smaller version of the feeder in this videio. with more ports.

Use a 4 gallon plastic bucket and 1 inch pvc plumbing parts.

I had looked at that in my search for ideas, I do like the design.
I chose to go a different direction for now for a couple reasons.
One, I wasn't sure meek little quail would stick their heads in a scary dark hole a inch deep to get the food, they seem to be more skittish about such things than chickens, but that's just my observation. Even the fairly open ports on my PVC feeder they took a couple days to adjust to and won't reach that far in when the food gets low.
Two, I wanted something light enough for stacking rabbit cages and the only scrap materials I had available to work with were PVC and round five gallon buckets. Both are round which wouldn't work with the flat backed PVC flanges they used in the videos and buckets and something to stack them on to put them at head height and keep them clean would be too big and heavy for the rabbit cages. I was trying to stick with as much scrap out of my bosses shop as possible so I went with a PVC feeder that I could hang with fence wire I had around already.
Once I am rigging things for outdoor cages I may see if I can buy a 2 gallon-ish square container to put ports like that in. If they don't take to reaching that far in I could always notch out the lower portion of the flange.

Here is a link to a spill baffle by one of the same people. I'll definitely look through their stuff, it looks like the two of them put some great ideas to use.

Cheers,
Jessie

Cheers,
Jessie

 

[TonysChickens]

This is the one I use now.
http://www.flemingoutdoors.com/11lbplhafe.html
The thing is adjustable so that the feed only comes out a little. This one is pretty good at preventing waste compared to the other chick feeders I've used. Make sure to adjust it so that the quail food will just come out of the bottom, so that the feed stays at a low level in the feeder. That height, along with those separators really help reduce waste. Its also big enough to hold feed for 2 weeks for about 6 quails right now, which lets me go on vacation with peace of mind!

 

[veggiecanner]

I had looked at that in my search for ideas, I do like the design.
I chose to go a different direction for now for a couple reasons.
One, I wasn't sure meek little quail would stick their heads in a scary dark hole a inch deep to get the food, they seem to be more skittish about such things than chickens, but that's just my observation. Even the fairly open ports on my PVC feeder they took a couple days to adjust to and won't reach that far in when the food gets low.
Two, I wanted something light enough for stacking rabbit cages and the only scrap materials I had available to work with were PVC and round five gallon buckets. Both are round which wouldn't work with the flat backed PVC flanges they used in the videos and buckets and something to stack them on to put them at head height and keep them clean would be too big and heavy for the rabbit cages. I was trying to stick with as much scrap out of my bosses shop as possible so I went with a PVC feeder that I could hang with fence wire I had around already.
Once I am rigging things for outdoor cages I may see if I can buy a 2 gallon-ish square container to put ports like that in. If they don't take to reaching that far in I could always notch out the lower portion of the flange.

Here is a link to a spill baffle by one of the same people. I'll definitely look through their stuff, it looks like the two of them put some great ideas to use.

Cheers,
Jessie

Cheers,
Jessie
My quail put there head into the feeders I make from freezer containers.

 

[VickieB57]

Thanks for all the great ideas, everyone! I'm looking forward to setting up the cages and getting my birds and it has really helped to hear what has worked for y'all with feeders!

Vickie